GRE Word List
JUXTAPOSE
to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect)
The meaning of the word juxtapose is to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| contravene | to go or act contrary to : violate |
| precipitate | to throw violently : hurl |
| ultimate | last in a progression or series : final |
| lilliputian | of, relating to, or characteristic of the Lilliputians or the island of Lilliput |
| ungainly | lacking in smoothness or dexterity : clumsy |
| impuissance | weakness |
| secular | of or relating to the worldly or temporal |
| officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |
| disenfranchise | to deprive of a franchise, of a legal right, or of some privilege or immunity |
| reimburse | to pay back to someone : repay |